Work, Society, and the Ethical Self - Chimeras of Freedom in the Neoliberal Era

Primarily on the basis of ethnographic case-studies from around the world, this volume links investigations of work to questions of personal and professional identity and social relations. In the era of digitalized neoliberalism, particular attention is paid to notions of freedom, both collective (in social relations) and individual (in subjective experiences). These cannot be investigated separately. Rather than juxtapose economy with ethics (or the profitable with the good), the authors uncover complex entanglements between the drudgery experienced by most people in the course of making a living and ideals of emancipated personhood.

About the author

Chris Hann is a Founding Director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology (Halle/Saale) and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Prior to moving to Germany, he was Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Kent (Canterbury). Recent publications include Repatriating Polanyi: Market Society in the Visegrád States (Central European University Press, 2019) and The Great Dispossession. Uyghurs between Civilizations (LIT Verlag, 2020, with Ildikó Bellér-Hann).

Summary

This volume links investigations of work to questions of personal and professional identity and social relations. The authors uncover complex entanglements between the drudgery and exploitation experienced by most people in the course of making a living and ideals of emancipated personhood.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Hann
• Assisted by: Chris Hann (Editor), Hann Chris (Editor)
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781800732254
• ISBN: 978-1-80073-225-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Max Planck Studies in Anthropology and Economy; Max Planck Studies in Anthropo
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, Political Economy, Social and cultural anthropology, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Political and Economic Anthropology; Sociology